Best Article of September 2022

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Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Asynchronous Events in C#

11 Sep 2022Mark Pelf

Tutorial article on Asynchronous Events invocation in C#

event

asynchronous

An Introduction to C++ Concepts for Template Specialization

8 Sep 2022Bruno van Dooren

How concepts can be used in template programming for partial specialization

C++20

C++

templates

Duck Three Ways: File I/O and String Performance Comparison Between C#, C++, and C

27 Sep 2022Michael Sydney Balloni

Different languages and approaches are evaluated for a file and string processing benchmark

C/C++ Headers and Source Files: How Do They Work?

3 Sep 2022honey the codewitch

Understand the difference between headers and source files, what they do, and how they work together.

C++

Rethinking the Web - Part 1

16 Sep 2022Gwyll

We're in a Dark Age when it comes to Software Development. We need a Renaissance.

Use C++11 Range For-Loop to Enumerate Registry, Folder and WMI

16 Oct 2022Shao Voon Wong

C++11 Range For-Loop to Enumerate Registry, Folder and WMI

C++11

C++

An Optimal Wagner-Fischer Algorithm For Approximate Strings Matching In Python And NumPy

16 Sep 2022Arthur V. Ratz

Compute the Levenshtein distance of literal strings effectively by using the Wagner-Fischer (two matrix rows-based) algorithm.

rxcg: A Simple Text Matcher C Code Generator for IoT

15 Nov 2023honey the codewitch

Generate tight C code to match text based on regular expressions

IoT

regular-expression

It is Better to Use Devector Than std::deque

10 Sep 2022Mikhail Semenov

This article shows that double-ended vector is much faster than std::deque and should be preferred.

Go Ahead And Cheat! You Know You Want To!

13 Sep 2022David O'Neil

Create drastic life improvements by completing your Wordle puzzle in minutes instead of days!

.NET

Win32 Security: Retrieving Privileges and Groups for an Access Token

22 Sep 2022Bruno van Dooren

This article shows how to retrieve the Privileges and Groups that are part of an access token such as the current thread token.

C++

Windows

Win32

LogViewer: A Fast WPF Control Displaying Logging Information

2 Sep 2022Peter Huber SG

Concurrent threads can use LogViewer to show the user scrollable information efficiently

WPF

controls

Tutorial for Building Microservice Applications with Azure Container Apps and Dapr – Part 1

8 Sep 2022Taiseer Joudeh

Part 1 of a 10 post tutorial where we will build a full microservices app using Dapr and then deploy it to Azure Container Apps

ftp2? Evolving File Transfer with msgfiles

12 Sep 2022Michael Sydney Balloni

A .NET client-server application for sending files over a network

.NET

Windows

desktop

Getting Started with Path Tracing using Diligent Engine

6 Sep 2022EgorYusov

An implementation of a basic path tracer with Diligent Engine

Segmented Map, a Compromise Between Flat Map and std::map

18 Sep 2022Mikhail Semenov

This article proposes a mapping algorithm, called Segmented Map, which is almost as fast as Flat Map is random access and enumeration of elements and close to std::map in insertion of elements.

Application Crashes without a Trace / No Dumpfile

7 Sep 2022Bruno van Dooren

Symantec can cause valid applications to crash and be gone without a trace

Rethinking the Web - Part 2

19 Sep 2022Gwyll

Simplifying Software Design, Development, and Management

ASP.NET MVC Checklist Based on Templates with EF (All Core)

18 Sep 2022towaso

A short example on how to create a hierarchical web checklist

Robust Daemon Monitoring Inbox with MailKit w/ OAuth2

22 Sep 2022Chris_Green

It all started with an email sent to a daemon. A windows service hosting two modules, each of which monitors an inbox for automation, dutifully ignored warnings from IT that basic authentication for O365 would be switched off in several months. This is how we solved it.

IMAP

OAuth2

daemon

Get AWS CloudWatch Log Group with PowerShell Core

23 Sep 2022Illya Reznykov

Functions that manipulate CloudWatch log group by PowerShell Core

AWS

PowerShell

A Primer on GCP Compute Instance VMs for Dockerized Apps [Tutorial Part 8]

3 Sep 2022PascalLandau

How to create VMs, use a container registry and a secret manager

Google

PHP

docker

Using Blazor's OwningComponentBase

1 Sep 2022Shaun C Curtis

An in depth look at how to use Blazor's OwningComponentBase

.NET6

Blazor

Dev

How to Parse External Classes and js in react-native as a Package

5 Sep 2022Alen Toma

Generate and execute external full js code in react-native and nodejs

Node.js

react-native

Timestamp Converter for Excel (VBA)

9 Sep 2022Member 10211581

Converts a column of timestamps with a format "hh:mm:ss.000" (or similar) to a column of cumlative decimal values of time in units of sec, min, hrs or days.

VBA

Dev

Rethinking the Web (RTW) - Web Inversion

22 Sep 2022Gwyll

Put the Work in a Worker

Javascript

web

Get AWS Web ACL with PowerShell Core

18 Sep 2022Illya Reznykov

Functions that get information about web ACL by PowerShell Core with AWS CLI

AWS

PowerShell

IP Geofencing Engine for .NET

20 Sep 2022Giovanni Scerra

A simple and easily extensible IP geo-fencing engine

How to create Regional Web ACL (WAFv2) with PowerShell

24 Sep 2022Illya Reznykov

The post describes PowerShell script which creates WAF resources for the scenario when Application Load Balancer is used to serve content for a public website, but to block requests from attackers and to protect from OWASP Top 10 security risks.

Hugo/Lightbox Image Gallery: Overlay Images with Logo

4 Jun 2024Christian Specht

Overlay gallery images with logo using one of Hugo's available image filters

Why SW Developers Should Write their Own Backup App and How To Do It Easily

16 Sep 2022Peter Huber SG

How you should organise your backups in the time of cloud storage and write your own app for it

WPF

Dev

backup

Storage Device Restriction Using a Minifilter Driver Approach

11 Sep 2022Rahul Dev Tripathi

The fully working sample code explains everything necessary to create a Minifilter driver to block devices connected through an interface.

N: An Experimental Multithreaded bignum Library for Windows

6 Sep 2022Michael Chourdakis

This class allows math between any size big number, as long as your available memory can handle it.

C++

Windows

multi-threading

Creating WinForms Custom Controls with Visual Studio 2022 Designer Support in .NET 6+

13 Apr 2023Stanko Milošev

Making a custom button with smart tag and UIEditor in .NET 6

.NET6

.NET

The Remote InterOperability Platform

9 Sep 2022Daniele Alberto Galliano

A guest OS for IoT devices, that can adapt easily to many different tasks

N: A C++ bignum Header-only Library with Thread Support and Static Memory Usage Support

4 Sep 2022Michael Chourdakis

A quick implementation of my ideas

C++

Hosting a Web App in AWS EC2

26 Sep 2022Necmettin Demir

All steps to host a web app files in EC2 and accessing them through FTP

AWS

security

Monitoring Real-time Database Changes in SQL Server in C#

8 Sep 2022Telegram:@ArastoAhmadi

Tutorial to monitor database changes without using tools and by using a simpler trick

Streaming Media Files in Spring Boot Web Application

12 Sep 2022Han Bo Sun

How to stream a large file and support byte range seeking using Spring Boot

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Alen Toma

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Arthur V. Ratz

Software Developer (Senior) EpsilonDev

Ukraine

I’m software developer, system analyst and network engineer, with over 20 years experience, graduated from L’viv State Polytechnic University and earned my computer science and information technology master’s degree in January 2004. My professional career began as a financial and accounting software developer in EpsilonDev company, located at L’viv, Ukraine. My favorite programming languages - C/C++, C#.NET, Java, ASP.NET, Node.js/JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, SQL, HTML5, etc. While developing applications, I basically use various of IDE’s and development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio/Code, Eclipse IDE for Linux, IntelliJ/IDEA for writing code in Java. My professional interests basically include data processing and analysis algorithms, artificial intelligence and data mining, system analysis, modern high-performance computing (HPC), development of client-server web-applications using various of libraries, frameworks and tools. I’m also interested in cloud-computing, system security audit, IoT, networking architecture design, hardware engineering, technical writing, etc. Besides of software development, I also admire to write and compose technical articles, walkthroughs and reviews about the new IT- technological trends and industrial content. I published my first article at CodeProject in June 2015.

Bruno van Dooren

Software Developer

Belgium

I am a former professional software developer (now a system admin) with an interest in everything that is about making hardware work. In the course of my work, I have programmed device drivers and services on Windows and linux.

I have written firmware for embedded devices in C and assembly language, and have designed and implemented real-time applications for testing of satellite payload equipment.

Generally, finding out how to interface hardware with software is my hobby and job.

Chris_Green

Architect Avaya Inc.

Ireland

Formerly a C++ client developer, nowadays I'm all about C# and ASP.NET. Over the years I have mastered some and played with many aspects of .NET.

Follow my blog as I catalogue the more arcane problems I encounter and their solutions at CodingLifestyle.com

Christian Specht

Software Developer

Germany

In-house developer (C#/T-SQL/VBA) and DBA at weinor, a mid-sized manufacturing company in Cologne.

Daniele Alberto Galliano

Software Developer (Senior) JRC

Italy

Programming enthusiast since 1982, I experienced many different technologies: this lets me appreciate the strong points of each and avoid pitfalls.
Since I started using .Net and C# I grew more and more passionate with this new fascinating course of Microsoft.
Recently, I concentrated less on web technologies to investigate mobile and IoT technologies.
The most recent project is Desktop again, though.

David O'Neil

Software Developer www.randommonkeyworks.com

United States

I am the author of Laughing at the Devil: One Man’s Religious Discoveries. If you want to understand the astronomic investigations of our priests 3,000 years ago, LATD is the book to turn to. It opens up the thoughts that pushed them away from their earlier polytheism and towards our current definition of God.

Trained as a mechanical engineer, I have been involved with design, supervision, and project management. I taught myself C++ programming in order to play around with binaural beats more easily. I've also created various databases to help with project management and personal tasks.

Databases are cool and extremely useful! Happy coding, everybody!

EgorYusov

United States

Being a 3D graphics enthusiast for many years, I have worked on various rendering technologies including deformable terrain, physically-based water, shadows, volumetric and post-processing effects and other. I run Diligent Graphics as a place where I can experiment, learn new technologies, try new algorithms and share my ideas.

Giovanni Scerra

Technical Lead

United States

Technical Director at AFS Technologies, New York, NY

More info about my skills, projects, presentations, etc.:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanniscerra

Gwyll

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Han Bo Sun

Team Leader The Judge Group

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

honey the codewitch

United States

Just a shiny lil monster. Casts spells in C++. Mostly harmless.

Illya Reznykov

Software Developer (Senior)

Ukraine

• Have more than 25 years of the architecting, implementing, and supporting various applications from small desktop and web utilities up to full-fledged cloud SaaS systems using mainly Microsoft technology stack and implementing the best practices.
• Have significant experience in the architecting applications starting from the scratch and from the existent application (aka “legacy”) where it is required to review, refactor, optimise the codebase and data structure, migrate to new technologies, implement new features, best practices, create tests and write documentation.
• Have experience in project management, collecting business requirements, creating MVP, working with stakeholders and end users, and tasks and backlog management.
• Have hands-on experience in the setting up CI/CD pipelines, the deploying on-premise and cloud systems both in Azure and AWS, support several environments.
• As Mathematician, I interested much in the theory of automata and computer algebra.

Mark Pelf

Software Developer

Serbia

Mark Pelf is the pen name of just another Software Engineer from Belgrade, Serbia.
My Blog https://markpelf.com/

Member 10211581

Software Developer Seagate

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Michael Chourdakis

Software Developer

Greece

I'm working in C++, PHP , Java, Windows, iOS, Android and Web (HTML/Javascript/CSS).

I 've a PhD in Digital Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence and I specialize in Pro Audio and AI applications.

My home page: https://www.turbo-play.com

Michael Sydney Balloni

Software Developer

United States

Michael Balloni is a manager of software development at a cybersecurity software and services provider.

Check out https://www.michaelballoni.com for all the programming fun he's done over the years.

He has been developing software since 1994, back when Mosaic was the web browser of choice. IE 4.0 changed the world, and Michael rode that wave for five years at a .com that was a cloud storage system before the term "cloud" meant anything. He moved on to a medical imaging gig for seven years, working up and down the architecture of a million-lines-code C++ system.

Michael has been at his current cybersecurity gig since then, making his way into management. He still loves to code, so he sneaks in as much as he can at work and at home.

Mikhail Semenov

Software Developer (Senior)

United Kingdom

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Necmettin Demir

Software Developer (Senior) NEBULACT

United Kingdom

Necmettin Demir is developer at NEBULACT Ltd. in London/UK.
He has BSc and MSc degrees of Computer Science. He was also graduated from MBA.
He is also trying to share his technical experience writing articles.

PascalLandau

Technical Lead

Germany

Technical Director at ABOUT YOU - mostly into Software Engineering in PHP and Data Engineering with Google BigQuery. I maintain a blog at https://www.pascallandau.com/ and post regularly on twitter under https://twitter.com/PascalLandau

Peter Huber SG

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Retired SW Developer from Switzerland living in Singapore

Interested in WPF projects.

Rahul Dev Tripathi

Software Developer

India

Software developer with experience in the File system and device drivers on the Windows platform.
Technical Skills:-
- Programming Skills:- Windows System Programming/C++/KMDF/UMDF/WDM/File system/MiniFilter/NVMe/UFS/Miniport/Filter Drivers/WinDbg/IdaPro

Shao Voon Wong

Software Developer (Senior)

Singapore

Shao Voon is from Singapore. His interest lies primarily in computer graphics, software optimization, concurrency, security, and Agile methodologies.

In recent years, he shifted focus to software safety research. His hobby is writing a free C++ DirectX photo slideshow application which can be viewed here.

Shaun C Curtis

Retired Cold Elm

United Kingdom

Ex Geologist, Project Manager, Web Hoster, Business Owner and IT Consultant. Now, a traveller to places less travelled. And part time developer trying to keep up!

If you feel like saying thanks, the next time you see a charity request, DONATE. No matter how small, no matter who, it'll count. If you have a choice in the UK, Barnados.

Stanko Milošev

Software Developer

Germany

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Taiseer Joudeh

Architect App Dev Consultant

Jordan

Working for Microsoft Consultation Services as a Lead App Dev Consultant.

I have more than 15 years of experience in developing and managing different software solutions for the finance, transportation, logistics, and e-commerce sectors. I’ve been deeply involved in .NET development since early framework versions and currently, I work on different technologies on the ASP.NET stack with a deep passion for Web API, Distributed systems, Microservices, and Microsoft Azure.

Prior to joining Microsoft, I have been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the years 2015 and 2016 in Visual Studio and Development Technologies, also I’m a regular speaker in local events and Dev user groups.

Telegram:@ArastoAhmadi

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

towaso

Germany

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

First Prize	honey the codewitch - C/C++ Headers and Source Files: How Do They Work?
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


First Prize	Mark Pelf - Asynchronous Events in C#
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Bruno van Dooren - An Introduction to C++ Concepts for Template Specialization
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject


Second Prize	Arthur V. Ratz - An Optimal Wagner-Fischer Algorithm For Approximate Strings Matching In Python And NumPy
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject Bob Sticker - CodeProject

Contest Entries and Requirements

The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
Entries must be an article, or blog entry.
Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
No author can be nominated twice.
In the event an article has multiple authors and/or contributors, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
In the event of a tie, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
By entering the contest you agree to the rules, conditions of entry, and agree that your member alias and any submitted material can be used for promotional purposes by CodeProject.
Entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry unless clearly indicated otherwise. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.